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Banjo Forkrises in E Beaufort County and flows NW into Pungo Creek.
Bank MountainN Henderson County between Garren Mountain and Kyles Creek.
Bank Pointextends from SE Pasquotank County into Pasquotank River on the S shore of Little Flatty Creek.
Bankscommunity in S Wake County.
Banks Branchrises in W Hertford County and flows NE into Meherrin River.
Banks Channelin Topsail Sound, S Pender County near New Topsail Inlet.
Banks Channela channel through a mass of tidal-marsh islands in the extreme W end of Bogue Sound in SW Carteret County.
Banks Creekrises in S Yancey County and flows NW into Price Creek.
Banner Branchrises in N Stokes County and flows SW into Snow Creek.
Banner Elktown in NE Avery County on Elk River at the mouth of Shawneehaw Creek. Alt. 3,710. Inc. 1891 as Shawneehaw; reincorporated 1911 as Banner Elk. First settlers said to have arrived at the site about 1825. Named for the Banner family, early settlers on the Elk River. Lees-McRae College is there.